Anti-Obama Concert In Charlotte Falls Through
Source: TPM
A local conservative effort to hold a concert rally in opposition to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte has fallen through.
Entitled Rock the Red, the concert was actually to feature three country acts: Travis Tritt, Charlie Daniels, and Lee Brice. Announced in June, as reported in the Charlotte Observer, it would have been held at the 11,000-seat Bojangles Coliseum, and was the brainchild of area political consultant Jason Lambert. But something went wrong.
They didnt meet their financial obligations by the deadline we require, said Kimberly Meesters, director of marketing for the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, which sent organizers the cancellation notice Wednesday. People who did buy tickets can obtain refunds.
For its own part, the Rock the Red organization is blaming the CRVA for blunders and a lack of promotional support that prevented ticket sales from taking off.
-snip-
Read more: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/anti-obama-concert-in-charlotte-falls-through.php
It's clear from the rest of the article that the Rock the Red committee mismanaged its own marketing (what would you expect from a group that would choose as stupid a name as Rock the Red?), but they're lashing out, blaming everyone else. They even posted a silly, childish Facebook note about how they "REFUSE to be bullied by the liberal city of Charlotte."
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)I hope this is indicative of the mood of the conservative population...they talk big but when pushed to actually come through they don't.
I believe most of RMoney's campaign money has come from large donors. If that is the case, other than polling (which I consider flawed at this point in the race), there is no indication of how much conservatives will actually get out and support him and turn out in November.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)Gotta love that personal responsibility thing...
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)sounds like a commie group to me.
no_hypocrisy
(45,771 posts)tanyev
(42,356 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)but he sings awfully rofl:
ajk2821
(89 posts)Rock The Red is the official motto (for lack of a better word) of the Washington Capitals. Has been for a while. Probably would have been a law suit if it had gone through.
Bigredhunk
(1,346 posts)& yet the personal responsibility crowd takes responsibility for nothing.
rwsanders
(2,585 posts)he made fun of in "Uneasy Rider"
Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)It makes sense for a hockey team.